Spurensuche im Mauerland
This book is about a unique part of the Berlin Wall and its histo-
ry. The former workshop building located on the Flutgraben
channel in the Treptow borough of Berlin used to belong to a
state-owned bus and truck repair facility in the GDR era. From
the time the Wall was built, it became a »border company«.
With the help of archive documents and witness interviews, the
authors uncover the traces of the former border system left
on this site. They describe how many people still managed to
escape although the company and buildings were barricaded
against the West and closely guarded. The major events that
brought about the peaceful revolution and the fall of the Wall
are also discussed. The book includes numerous historic pho-
tographs and illustrations and provides a comprehensive view
of the conditions in East Berlin’s »hinterland«, the area behind
the Wall, which was inaccessible for most people for 28 years.